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Causes of fatigue are plenty

In this week’s column by UTMB’s Dr. Victor S. Sierpina: “I’m just so tired all the time. What can I do, doc?” Fatigue is one of the most common and challenging problems faced by those of us in clinical medicine. Not only is it a vague symptom, but the number of possible causes listed in medical textbooks runs literally into the hundreds, some quite serious.